Mosul Operation: The Endgame for IS?

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Abdul Basit
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: Commentary
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2016
• الموضوعات: Middle East and North Africa (MENA); Terrorism Studies
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84213; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41711
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

The loss of Mosul will be a huge setback for the self-proclaimed Islamic State group, posing it an existential threat. However, confusing the loss of territory with the defeat of IS will be premature and over-simplistic.